Other airports to be awarded five stars were Paris Beauvais-Tille, Dortmund and Minsk.

OAG, which calls itself the world’s leading air travel intelligence company, compiled the ratings based on 12 months of rolling data from all of the world’s airports and airlines, regardless of their size and location.

Paris Beauvais-Tille,was actually named the world’s most punctual airport, with 95.9 per cent of flights leaving on time. Located in Tille, it is the Parisian gateway for lots of budget airlines.

At the other end of the scale, the airports only given one star for punctuality included Thunder Bay, Winnipeg J.A. Richardson International Airport and Tobago, which had the lowest percentages of punctual flights.

Isle of Man airport only received one star, with just 75.4 per cent of flights punctual. Jaipur, Rotterdam Airport and Exeter were also failing to keep up with the rest, all managing just 75.6 per cent of punctual flights that earnt them only one star.

Belfast International Airport was not far behind with 75.7 per cent punctual flights.

John Grant, Senior Analyst at OAG, said the star ratings were “robust, verified, independent and authentic” and designed to recognise consistent on-time performance.

He said it was no surprise that British airports had achieved five stars.

“The success of Birmingham, Cardiff and Newcastle is just another example of how the UK’s regional airports continue to deliver a world-class service that provide a convenient and valuable connection for passengers in their localities to global destinations,” he added.

In terms of airlines, there were only three that managed to achieve a five-star rating for punctuality - Safair, Jazeera Airways and Air Baltic.

The lowest rating of only one star went to a number of airlines. Recording the lowest levels of punctuality, according to OAG, was Seaborne Airlines, which came bottom of the list with just 75.1 per cent of flights being on-time.

It was followed by Royal Jordanian, which had 75.2 per cent of flights on time and Cathay Pacific, which apparently also only managed 75.2 per cent of on-time flights in the last 12 months.

The most on-time British airlines were considered to be Monarch, which achieved a punctuality rate of 86.6 per cent, Flybe, which managed 86.2 per cent and Jet2.com, on 84.8 per cent.